Shloka 4
अध्याय १६ — शङ्कर-उमा-वरदानम् तथा तण्डि-स्तुतिः (Śaṅkara–Umā Boon-Granting and Taṇḍi’s Hymn)
यं पठन्ति सदा सांख्याश्षिन्तयन्ति च योगिन: । परं प्रधानं पुरुषमधिष्ठातारमी श्वरम्
yaṃ paṭhanti sadā sāṅkhyāś cintayanti ca yoginaḥ | paraṃ pradhānaṃ puruṣam adhiṣṭhātāram īśvaram ||
风神伐由说道：“三数派（Sāṅkhya）的贤者恒常诵读称扬者，瑜伽行者持续观想者——他们称其为至上者、原质（Pradhāna）、神我（Puruṣa）、主宰者与自在天（Īśvara）。于此至高的主权实相——世界的终极根基、戒定修观之所缘——我今归依。”
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse presents the Supreme as the shared object of multiple disciplines: Sāṅkhya names Him in metaphysical categories (Pradhāna, Puruṣa), while Yoga approaches Him through sustained contemplation. Ethically, it affirms that true knowledge and practice converge in reverence for the highest governing reality.
Vāyu speaks in praise of the supreme Lord, describing how different spiritual communities—Sāṅkhya scholars and yogins—relate to Him through recitation and meditation, thereby framing a devotional invocation within the Anuśāsana Parva’s broader instruction on dharma and sacred observances.